Casket-protector.



E. J. GALLAHAN a D'. G. FISHER.

GASKET PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JIINB e, 190B Patented 0d. 13,1908.

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VEUGENE J. GALLAAN AND DANIEL G. FISHER, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Be it known that we, EUGENE J. CALLA- HAN and DANrEL G. FISHER, citizensof the United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Berks andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful lmprovementsin Casket-Protectors, of which the following is a s eciiication.

This invention re ates toim rovements in burial casket protectors and te object is to provide adevice that will act in the double capacity ofwhat 'is ordinarily termed an "over box and a walled ou grave.

Our device consists of a rectangular boxlike body, made of a suitableplastic com osition over' a series of reinforcing rods or ars, providedwith means for automatically locking and sealing the cover thereon.

The device is air tight; water and moisture proof; burglar roof and athoroughly sanitary burial'cas iet protector and container.

'lhe inventionis more fully described in the following speciicatiorrAand clearly illustratedl in the accompanying drawing, in Which:-

Figure l isl a side elevation, partly in section, of our device and Fig.2 is a cross-section through X-X .of Fig. `1.

The numeral 1 designates the body and 2 the cover of our casketprotector. Both the body and cover are composed of a composition ofmaterials, mixed in a plastic state and molded over a frame composed ofa series'of rods or bars This frame is made'up of a series of rods whichcross each other to make a suitable web and act as a strengtheningorreinforcing element and are bent to approxi- Y mate the general contourof the body and cover. In each corner of the body 'portion we )lace ametal reinforce 4.

T 1e web for the cover. comprises," in connection. with the cross-bars,a metal band, of substantially the outline of the cover, and the ends ofthe bars pass through this band and their ex Jremities are provided withnuts so as to prevent warping and to take up any shrinkage.'A

The cover carries a series of positioning guides 7, the lower ends ofwhich depend below the cover' and the upper 'ends ol'l which are formedinto rings or'handles 8 for han. lling the cover conveniently. ,es

The upper edge oli'i'the body portion isv formed with a groove and thecover `is formed with a registering rib 9 therefor? A Speccation ofLetters Patent. Y* Application iiled 'June 6, 1908. 'Serial No. 437,100.

placing. of the cover on the body.

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When the device is to be closed, the cover is loweredl into position,the guides 7 actingr as positioning means and insuring the proper grooveS has previously been filled with a suitable cement and when the lid isplaced in osition, the rib thereon will enter the groove 1nv the bodyand the cement will securely-seal the two parts.

In the cover,'we providenear each end, on the inside, a spring catch l()adapted to enter recesses in the inner wall of the bod portion,indicated b numeral 11. It will7 thus be seen that w en the cover isAlowered onto the body, the Weight thereof -will cause the catches tosna into the recesses in the body,

thussecurely ocking the cover in position.

With this locking andv sealing of the cover to the/body, the result isan air .tight and water 'tight' retainer and protector for the casket;

one whose' sanitary advantages are without `uestion and one in which thefear of burg ars is entirely overcome as its weight is too great forconvenient handling and the construction such that it is almostimpossible to remove its contents without entirely destroying thedevice.

' Having thus fully described our invention, What we claim and desire tosecure by Letters/Patent is /A burial casket protector comprising albody of plastic composition, a reinforcing web embeddedtherein-composed of a series of cross bars, metal corner piecesembedded\ in said body, said body having a cement receiving groovearound its upper edge and a recess'in each end inthe inner Wall thereof,and a cover comprising a body of'plastic compositionga reinforcing webeie'dded therein composed of a series of crossrii and a frame-to whichthe ends ofv said bars are secured, a rib adapted to register with thecement groove in the body, spring catchessecured to the inside of thecover adapted to engage the recesses inthe body and positioning guideswhose upper ends are formed into 100 handles.

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In testimony whereof we ailiX our signatures, Vin, presence of twoWitnesses.

EUG CNE J. UALLAHAN. DANIEL G. FISHER.

Witnesses: En. A. KELLY, f

J. OR. KELLY.

